Social Skills Jobs in the North of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 4,096 5,231 3,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 23.43% 30.33% 22.11%
As % of the General category 42.16% 43.09% 37.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,113 1,980 2,294
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,741 £64,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,791 £57,588 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.28% +4.71% +4.76%

All General Skills
North of England

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,715 12,140 10,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.56% 70.39% 58.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,357 5,141 6,085
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +1 2,152 £45,000 -10.00% 1,075
Yorkshire +1 1,471 £45,000 -10.00% 675
North East 0 476 £40,000 -5.88% 272
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 176 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 172 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.22%) Confluence
4 47 (1.15%) SAS
5 42 (1.03%) WordPress
6 26 (0.63%) CMS
7 22 (0.54%) IIS
8 14 (0.34%) Apache
8 14 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 12 (0.29%) Apache Spark
9 12 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 11 (0.27%) Anypoint
11 9 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
12 8 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 8 (0.20%) WebSphere
13 7 (0.17%) MS Project Server
13 7 (0.17%) OpenEdge
14 6 (0.15%) Umbraco
15 5 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 336 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
2 272 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (0.71%) AutoCAD
6 23 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 21 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 16 (0.39%) MS Visio
9 12 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 12 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
10 10 (0.24%) Trello
11 8 (0.20%) InDesign
12 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
12 6 (0.15%) LightWave 3D
13 5 (0.12%) 3ds Max
13 5 (0.12%) Sketch
13 5 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
14 4 (0.098%) Solid Edge
15 3 (0.073%) Acrobat
15 3 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 36 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (0.81%) Shopify
3 32 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (0.46%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.44%) SAP Business One
6 16 (0.39%) Magento
7 12 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 11 (0.27%) SAP BPC
9 10 (0.24%) SAP ERP
9 10 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 9 (0.22%) SAP CX
11 8 (0.20%) SAP HCM
11 8 (0.20%) SAP HR
12 7 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.17%) SAP MM
13 6 (0.15%) NEC Housing
13 6 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 6 (0.15%) SAP PP
14 5 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 681 (16.63%) Azure
2 469 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
3 361 (8.81%) AWS
4 272 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 146 (3.56%) SaaS
6 130 (3.17%) GCP
7 74 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
7 74 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 70 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
9 65 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (1.10%) GitHub
10 45 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 44 (1.07%) Serverless
12 36 (0.88%) PowerApps
13 30 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 27 (0.66%) Amazon S3
14 27 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
15 26 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (0.49%) Google Analytics
16 20 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 187 (4.57%) Firewall
2 103 (2.51%) LAN
3 94 (2.29%) WAN
4 91 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 83 (2.03%) DNS
6 78 (1.90%) TCP/IP
7 66 (1.61%) Internet
8 64 (1.56%) SAN
9 59 (1.44%) Network Security
10 55 (1.34%) VoIP
10 55 (1.34%) VPN
11 54 (1.32%) Broadband
12 53 (1.29%) DHCP
13 50 (1.22%) Wireless
14 30 (0.73%) VLAN
15 26 (0.63%) BGP
16 20 (0.49%) NAS
17 17 (0.42%) PPP
18 16 (0.39%) SSL
19 15 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 234 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 222 (5.42%) Power BI
3 108 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (1.76%) MySQL
5 66 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 63 (1.54%) Tableau
7 59 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
8 57 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 53 (1.29%) Relational Database
10 41 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 37 (0.90%) Data Lake
12 31 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 30 (0.73%) NoSQL
14 29 (0.71%) Oracle Database
15 24 (0.59%) Looker
16 21 (0.51%) Big Data
16 21 (0.51%) Power Query
17 19 (0.46%) BigQuery
18 18 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
19 17 (0.42%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 185 (4.52%) Git
2 140 (3.42%) JIRA
3 37 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 24 (0.59%) Selenium
5 21 (0.51%) CircleCI
6 16 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 15 (0.37%) Eclipse
8 14 (0.34%) JUnit
9 13 (0.32%) GitLab
9 13 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 12 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 12 (0.29%) Subversion
11 11 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
12 8 (0.20%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.17%) JMeter
13 7 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.12%) HP UFT
14 5 (0.12%) Spinnaker
General
1 884 (21.58%) Finance
2 764 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
3 324 (7.91%) Retail
4 323 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
5 267 (6.52%) Legal
6 250 (6.10%) Public Sector
7 221 (5.40%) Marketing
8 186 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 176 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
10 175 (4.27%) Law
11 173 (4.22%) Manufacturing
12 156 (3.81%) Banking
13 95 (2.32%) Games
14 85 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 83 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
16 67 (1.64%) Telecoms
17 57 (1.39%) Billing
17 57 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
18 56 (1.37%) Local Government
19 53 (1.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 526 (12.84%) Analyst
2 455 (11.11%) Developer
3 435 (10.62%) Senior
4 371 (9.06%) Lead
5 275 (6.71%) Project Manager
6 205 (5.00%) Architect
7 200 (4.88%) IT Support
8 175 (4.27%) IT Manager
9 151 (3.69%) Support Engineer
10 133 (3.25%) Team Leader
11 112 (2.73%) IT Engineer
12 110 (2.69%) Consultant
13 106 (2.59%) Support Analyst
14 103 (2.51%) Administrator
15 102 (2.49%) Coordinator
15 102 (2.49%) Service Analyst
16 97 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
17 95 (2.32%) Service Desk Analyst
18 90 (2.20%) Software Engineer
19 86 (2.10%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (4.81%) .NET
2 157 (3.83%) HTML
3 149 (3.64%) CSS
4 88 (2.15%) React
5 77 (1.88%) RESTful
6 71 (1.73%) .NET Framework
7 69 (1.68%) AngularJS
8 67 (1.64%) Node.js
9 49 (1.20%) Laravel
10 47 (1.15%) Vue
11 43 (1.05%) ASP.NET Web API
11 43 (1.05%) Entity Framework
12 41 (1.00%) .NET Core
12 41 (1.00%) ASP.NET
13 38 (0.93%) EDI
14 36 (0.88%) Web Services
15 33 (0.81%) HTML5
16 31 (0.76%) JSON
17 30 (0.73%) XML
18 27 (0.66%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 266 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
2 210 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 201 (4.91%) Driving Licence
4 90 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 81 (1.98%) NHS
6 62 (1.51%) Onboarding
7 58 (1.42%) Public Cloud
8 53 (1.29%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.20%) Housing Association
10 46 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 42 (1.03%) Credit Risk
12 40 (0.98%) IoT
13 39 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
14 38 (0.93%) Client/Server
15 37 (0.90%) Cloud Native
16 34 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
16 34 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
17 33 (0.81%) Algorithms
18 30 (0.73%) Life Science
18 30 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 504 (12.30%) Windows
2 212 (5.18%) Windows Server
3 153 (3.74%) Linux
4 143 (3.49%) Windows 10
5 48 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 43 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 38 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 35 (0.85%) Android
10 32 (0.78%) Apple iOS
11 27 (0.66%) VMS
12 25 (0.61%) Unix
12 25 (0.61%) Windows 7
13 18 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
14 17 (0.42%) Windows 8
15 8 (0.20%) zOS
16 4 (0.098%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.098%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.073%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,279 (31.23%) Problem-Solving
2 799 (19.51%) Agile
3 606 (14.79%) Customer Service
4 570 (13.92%) Project Management
5 419 (10.23%) ITIL
6 407 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 396 (9.67%) Mentoring
8 300 (7.32%) Computer Science
9 292 (7.13%) DevOps
10 290 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
11 288 (7.03%) Analytics
11 288 (7.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 286 (6.98%) Decision-Making
13 281 (6.86%) Coaching
14 250 (6.10%) Time Management
15 235 (5.74%) Roadmaps
16 229 (5.59%) Collaborative Working
17 217 (5.30%) Cybersecurity
18 202 (4.93%) ERP
19 196 (4.79%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 470 (11.47%) SQL
2 289 (7.06%) JavaScript
3 228 (5.57%) C#
4 184 (4.49%) Python
5 122 (2.98%) PHP
6 81 (1.98%) T-SQL
7 80 (1.95%) Java
8 76 (1.86%) PowerShell
9 44 (1.07%) TypeScript
10 31 (0.76%) Bash
11 28 (0.68%) SystemVerilog
12 24 (0.59%) R
13 22 (0.54%) C
14 18 (0.44%) C++
14 18 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 18 (0.44%) VB.NET
15 15 (0.37%) Go
16 13 (0.32%) Swift
17 11 (0.27%) Groovy
18 9 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 856 (20.90%) Degree
2 199 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 196 (4.79%) Security Cleared
4 145 (3.54%) SC Cleared
5 128 (3.13%) DBS Check
6 126 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 90 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 74 (1.81%) PMI Certification
9 66 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 57 (1.39%) PMP
11 53 (1.29%) ACCA
11 53 (1.29%) HND
12 50 (1.22%) HNC
13 42 (1.03%) CCNA
14 41 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 40 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
16 39 (0.95%) CCNP
17 31 (0.76%) CISSP
18 28 (0.68%) AWS Certification
18 28 (0.68%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (4.61%) SLA
2 164 (4.00%) QA
3 114 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 111 (2.71%) GDPR
5 107 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 68 (1.66%) PMO
7 63 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 59 (1.44%) Accessibility
9 58 (1.42%) IFRS
10 46 (1.12%) GMP
11 31 (0.76%) IFRS 9
12 30 (0.73%) ISO 9001
13 29 (0.71%) GAAP
14 28 (0.68%) NIST
15 22 (0.54%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 11 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 9 (0.22%) CRD IV
18 9 (0.22%) Good Clinical Practice
18 9 (0.22%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 398 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 120 (2.93%) Hyper-V
3 110 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 91 (2.22%) Docker
5 59 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.34%) Firmware
6 14 (0.34%) vSphere
7 13 (0.32%) Terminal Services
8 10 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.17%) XenApp
10 7 (0.17%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
12 3 (0.073%) ACF2
12 3 (0.073%) RACF
12 3 (0.073%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.049%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.049%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 128 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 68 (1.66%) Terraform
3 63 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 45 (1.10%) SCCM
5 24 (0.59%) Ansible
6 21 (0.51%) Progress Chef
7 12 (0.29%) Autotask
8 11 (0.27%) FortiGate
8 11 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (0.24%) SCOM
10 9 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.20%) Grafana
11 8 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.17%) Nagios
12 7 (0.17%) Puppet
13 6 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.12%) Prometheus
15 4 (0.098%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.098%) Opsgenie
15 4 (0.098%) VxRail
Vendors
1 965 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 166 (4.05%) VMware
3 151 (3.69%) SAP
4 121 (2.95%) Cisco
5 111 (2.71%) Google
6 82 (2.00%) Oracle
7 58 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 54 (1.32%) IBM
9 52 (1.27%) Adobe
9 52 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 51 (1.25%) Citrix
11 47 (1.15%) Apple
12 46 (1.12%) Veeam
13 39 (0.95%) Virgin Media
14 37 (0.90%) Cadence
14 37 (0.90%) Fortinet
15 36 (0.88%) Dell
16 33 (0.81%) CA
16 33 (0.81%) HP
17 31 (0.76%) NEC